RONALD REAGAN HAD IT RIGHT
I have been a Democract my whole life. I decided to be one the day I asked my father why he was a supporter of Esienhower; and the only reason he gave me was in helped win World War 2.
Don’t get me wrong, he was a great man, an a damn good President. Just look at our freeway system.
That being said, I was not a fan of Reagan, although I loved to watch him on television.
So, I did not pay much attention to many of his speeches.
Now that I am an older guy ( ok, old man), living in the age of Trump the politican, I remembered a speech that Reagan gave about Democracy, & life in the land of feedom.
I don’t even remember the name of the speech. But I am going to try an quote some of it in my story.
This is what President Reagan said in his speech.
“FREEDOM IS NEVER MORE THEN ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM EXTINION. PARENTS NEED TEACH THAT TO THEIR CHILDREN. EVERY PARENT SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS TO THEIR CHILDREN ON HOLIDAYS LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY. It is also my hope it would be taught in schools. I know it was when I went to school. I believe the point he was trying to get accross was that if your child was not taught that, some day when a non freedom person or things came along, they would not know enough to stand up for being free.
Thinking about Donald Trump supporters, I have come to believe that this is what has happened.
Now, as a New Yorker, another thing I heard from my daddy’s mouth was what a “crooked scam artist trump was; I remember him saying as he read the newspaper with stories how trump sued this oner or that, just so he could get away for paying for services. You see my Grandfather was a small businesman, so my dad knew how it would hut get stiffed.
But, as I was saying. Reagan said in his speech” if you don’t tell your chikdren about what it is like to live in the land of the fee every fourth of July, one day, when the fourth of july comes around for your childrens children on a a fourth of July they will be telling them that ONE TIME IN AMERICA WE WERE A LAND OF FREEDOM.
I also know that if anyone does read this( that is if KOS actually publishes it) no one will believe what I repeated what Ronald Reagan said.
But I herby state : IF DONALD TRUMP BECOMES PRESIDENT YOUR CHOLDREN WILLING BE TELLING THEIR CHILDREN THAT THE UNTIED STATES WAS AT ONE TIME THE LAND OF THE FREE!
So although I know not many if any heed my & ronnie’s words, I will die without regreats.
Because you have been told.